adverb:

• from the bottom of one's heart; heart and soul; by nature

noun / ~する noun:

• burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun:

• Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta - Buddhism term

noun:

• Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha - Buddhism term

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇汁

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇鍋

noun:

• three sun (ca. 9.1 cm) ➜ 寸【すん】
• something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)
• stall-keeper; huckster; hawker ➜ 的屋
• prostitute of the lowest rank - archaism

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period Antonym: 紐鏡

noun:

• costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period) - archaism

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• 34th of the sexagenary cycle; thirty-fourth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• setting the table; laying the table
• setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference; setting the stage - idiom

expression:

• day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by ➜ 日を追って

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

noun:

• thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

noun:

• region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea
• East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea)

noun:

• Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto) ➜ 吉田神道

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬